We bring together over 120 years of experience delivering insurance programs for the biggest global brands.

HDI Embedded is a brand of HDI International AG and managed by Europa Insurance Group – a subsidiary of HDI International AG in Poland.

Operating throughout Europe, backed by Europa Insurance’s 350 strong workforce, HDI Embedded offers a wide range of embedded insurance solutions for numerous sectors including, e-commerce, financial services, mobility, and travel.

Talanx Group is a leading European insurance group. Headquartered in Hannover, Germany, the Group operates in more than 175 countries and employs around 28,000 people worldwide.. 

Europa Insurance Group is a specialist insurer in bancassurance and affinity partnerships, as well as a leading player on the Polish travel insurance market. Europa Insurance Group has operated on the Polish market since 1996.

Our people

Our leadership team bring experience from across the insurance value chain. So there won’t be an army of narrow specialists that you need to speak to whenever you need something done.

Marat Nevretdinov
Managing Director

Marat specialises in delivering commercial results (especially B2B), marketing, product advancement, and strategic initiatives within fiercely competitive, customer-centric industries. He has a track record of launching successful ventures in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. His accomplishments extend to pioneering novel insurance resolutions tailored for SMEs and orchestrating the implementation of a series of pioneering digital insurance innovations. Before joining HDI Embedded, he was COO of International Partnerships at Europa Ubezpieczenia and has held Managing Director and CEO positions at numerous financial services organisations.

Nelson Castellanos
Chief Partnership Officer

Nelson is the Chief Partnerships Officer – International of embedded insurance provider HDI Embedded, where he is responsible for overseeing distribution and acquisition in international markets. HDI Embedded is an embedded insurance provider at the forefront of innovation in the insurance industry. Combining 120 years of insurance experience with a partner-centric tech platform, HDI Embedded delivers tailored embedded insurance solutions throughout Europe. Before joining HDI Embedded, Nelson spearheaded business growth and partnerships strategy development for some of the most successful insurtechs globally, such as Compajon, Cover Genius and SquareTrade. Prior to that, Nelson has delivered end-to-end programmes for many of Europe’s most innovative businesses, including MediaMarkt, Trainline and Novus. Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree in business and finance, and a master’s degree in international business.

Gregor Mandt
Chief Partnership Officer

Gregor Mandt is the Chief Partnership Officer for Germany at HDI Embedded, where he combines the 120 years of HDI’s insurance experience with a technology-driven platform ensuring tailored embedded insurance solutions across Europe. With a career spanning over 25 years, Gregor has established himself as a t-shaped professional in the international insurance industry, particularly in the realm of strategic partnerships, innovation, and embedded insurance solutions. Before his current role, Gregor honed his expertise and leadership skills in senior positions within HDI Group, as General Manager at the financial service institution of an automotive manufacturer, and as an entrepreneur founding and running his own business. Gregor’s journey in the insurance sector is also distinguished by his contributions as speaker, author, lecturer at Hannover’s University of Applied Science, and mentor at the German Plug and Play Insurtech program.